‘Golden’ Brown

The Mini Moto Racing Club Ireland championship consists of 13 rounds with the teenager securing 13 podium finishes.

What makes this champion stand out from the rest of his fellow competitors is that he has only been biking for two years and he competes in open races against adults.

The Waterside youngster travels around the race circuit both at home in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland; Jordan has had to travel long distances to places like Tipperary and Dublin to compete and his hectic schedule consists of travelling away on Fridays for practice runs. On Saturday race day he has to complete qualifying rounds and then the actual race of seven laps three times over.

This remarkable feat was achieved with six wins, six second places and one third place, but the modest Drumahoe starlet is already looking to the future.

“I am really happy that I won the title, it’s a brilliant feeling, it was a great season but I hope to do better next season.”

Last year at aged only 15 he finished in second place overall and he has gone from strength to strength and is steadily improving - this season he won the title with a round to spare in the twelth.

Jordan comes from a ‘champion’ family, his father Philip has been an All Ireland fishing champion and his brother is also a gold medalist in fishing. The family have a winning mentality and all that postivity has rubbed off on Jordan.

The full time student at the the North West Regional College in Limavady is studying Motor Vehicles where he will learn mechanics and he believes that his studies will help him improve his biking.

“My studies should help me be a better racer. If I can learn more about how the bike performs then I can only improve my own performances.”

Brown praised those behind the scenes and attributed his success to both his father and mechanic Gareth Crichton.

“I have learned a lot from my mechanic Gareth. He passes on advice and so does my dad Philip. Listening to them will only help me get better.”

The teenage champion is looking forward to defending his title next season and admits competiting across the water hasn’t been ruled out.

“I just want to defend my title next year. I want to try out the British championship but only want to be involved in a few races just to see what it is like. I will know then what I want to do later on in biking.”

Jordan’s racing season does not start until March 2012 again but the champ keeps on training during the closed season. In order to defend his title he still trains weekly and can be found zipping around Nutts Corner on his 140cc pit bike.